OT: Cell Phone Advice

[Victor Odhner]

At some point I might try to do this for myself, but probably only if I have a new one in hand,

I’d really prefer to find someone who is experienced with this stuff, for risk reduction.
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On 20180726, at 12:27, Bob Elzer <bob.elzer at gmail.com> wrote:

have you tried this? did it work

my understanding is if it doesn't work they tell you to contact them and charge you to root it,  with no guarantee that they can root it



On Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 11:11 AM Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com <mailto:cryptworks at gmail.com>> wrote:
https://www.kingoapp.com/root-tutorials/how-to-root-galaxy-note2.htm <https://www.kingoapp.com/root-tutorials/how-to-root-galaxy-note2.htm>

On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 10:34 AM Bob Elzer <bob.elzer at gmail.com <mailto:bob.elzer at gmail.com>> wrote:
i have the same phone and gave up when walmart stopped supporting their app on it,  I got a brand new lg v20 on ebay for $200 mpdel h918 for tmobile it runs android 7.0

let me know if you get this updated, from my understanding one of the last updates of the note 2 locked it so it can't be rooted. I've been looking but haven't found a recent root.

i would really like to root mine so i can do some useful things with it.



On Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 7:41 AM Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com <mailto:cryptworks at gmail.com>> wrote:
I have done lots of Roms in the past, they are pretty basic to sort out with reading and some basic concepts of Linux and the funny partitioning that android relies on. but just a quick look you can get up to about android 7 or so with LineageOS (fork of Cyanogenmod before they went off the deep end.

https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/t0lte <https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/t0lte> This has info about the Note2 and LineageOS. Super simple to set up. especially on older devices that have been hugely documented. (install steps here https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/t0lte/install <https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/t0lte/install>)

Personally I am using the OnePlus3 the OxygenOS CE that they are running is i think my favorite stock experience EVER. Add a little root, and Substratum and the device does everything I want. even for a 2 year old device. the only reason I want the OnePlus6 is for the new spectrum on the radio. The 3 is still a really decent device. You can find them around for about 200 to 300 still. Also you can look into the Essential phone. Also really good in concept, but I am not sure how well it is doing as it went on sale for prime day and dropped over 50% off MSRP.

On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 8:40 PM Victor Odhner <vodhner at cox.net <mailto:vodhner at cox.net>> wrote:
My Samsung Galaxy Note II has been left behind.
  * Samsung/T-Mobile offer no updates, I’m stuck at 4.2.
  * T-Mobile has increased coverage,
        but my phone doesn’t reach their new channels.
  * The new thermostat I’m working with requires 4.5,
        so I have to use my wife’s to control it.
  * The new version of weatherunderground.com <http://weatherunderground.com/>
        doesn’t work on what I’ve got, and it’s got
        all the local amateur weather stations.

I think 5-1/2 years is pretty good for a phone, but it burns me being abandoned like that.

Before I cave in and buy a new phone, since I’m letting go of this phone as it is, . . .
. . . is it time to root it, and install a new ROM that knows the Brave New World?

I see these:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEkN919cHpk <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEkN919cHpk>

    https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-2/general/4-5-6a-t3269950 <https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-2/general/4-5-6a-t3269950>

Is this a possible solution for me?
… and if I did do this, could I later convert it to operate as just a WIFI device as I moved on with a new phone?

There is no way I’d take on this job myself, with all that talent out in LinuxLand.
I *would* trust (and pay) a consultant who has done this kind of thing repeatedly, without recent bricking events.

Please advise . . .

Thanks,
Victor Odhner

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